| For a request to buy the
main rules to succeed are:.
1. Precise request:
- Quality and/or specifications
- Exact quantity
- Delivery time
- Port of delivery if CFR request...
- Any useful information the seller has to know once, before to quote
Ex: if you ask for a Performance Bond
Special procedure for commodities such rice sugar and flour or cement... see
1.1 Request of machine plant
No contact and no reply without a minimum prior information see
2. Target
price
It is useful to
mention your realistic target price..
This information
allows the supplier to know if he is in position to make an offer and
also to know you are a professional.
For some products a target price is now requested or we and the
suppliers will not reply: tomato paste, photocopy paper, tyres, small
orders of wheat flour or rice ...
3.It's highly recommended to confirm a request by fax on official corporate letterhead.
Many suppliers require it.
4. Restrictions and conditions for some commodities and important
orders
Any quotation request for cereals, rice and wheat over 1000 MT, sugar,
cocoa beans, cotton seeds, cotton fibers, cement, fertilizers, customized machine plants....
and any request over 100.000 USD will require:
4.1 Recent and original signed LOI and/or BCL sent by fax or postal mail
- Letter of Intention of purchase L.O.I.
- Bank Comfort Letter B.C.L.
4.2 A confirmation of the request by fax to +1 775 521 34 87.
For products such tomato paste, A4
photocopy paper, pastas, meat, frozen fish... we shall not reply
any more without a target price.
5. Other useful documents
- FPA (Irrevocable payment order)
- NCND (Non-Disclosure
Non-Circumvention Agreement)
- LC Draft Irrevocable and confirmed
credit letter at sight
6. Samples
Many suppliers refuse to send samples if they don't know the customer
If samples are sent you will have to pay prior the sending DHL or other
company fees
For many products the sample has to be paid also.
The buyer identit
It
is important to send immediately an exact and precise corporate information
including corporate name, postal address + telephone + fax
It is appreciated, if you have an official export registration number, a
trade registration number… to mention it.
It’s better to mention
immediately if you are a producer, agent, house of commerce...
If you want to buy mention precisely in which quality (final customer, commercial firm,
official broker, independent agent, individual...).
Generally all information that
contributes to establish your credibility will support your business.
You can be well known in your country and not abroad.
SCAC
Network success fees
Insert offers is free and unlimited.
Buyers:
there are no fees for buyers
Sellers: to send a
tender to sell to Africa Trade Forum implies
explicitly the sender of this proposal agrees to pay a commission
to SCAC Network for any sale done to a customer from our web sites or with SCAC business services assistance. Information and rates
More information
about an offer
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